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I just saw that this book on the Japanese invasions of Korea in the 1590s has been published fully open access, with contributions from many top scholars in the field. I look forward to reading! brill.com/display/titl...

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The Aftermath of the Imjin War in Early Modern East Asia

"The Aftermath of the Imjin War in Early Modern East Asia" published on 29 Sep 2026 by Brill.

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Reaktion Books @reaktionbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

John Minford’s China Bookshelf: The veteran literary translator tells us how his collection began, why his library is called “Three Dog Hall,” and how New Zealand pine is the best shelving material. 📌 buff.ly/Tbr3EIh 📚 buff.ly/gm2huTL

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NPicts @northernpicts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Super pleased to see this out (and open access!). Moluag was clearly an important figure in Pictland, here we got to help the team who made such important discoveries at Moluag's monastery get the word on the street about the importance of Lismore and the new findings! tinyurl.com/5cb9vf3p

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A major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

A major monastic centre? Rethinking Lismore’s place in the ecclesiastical landscapes of early medieval Britain - Volume 100 Issue 413

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yellow Hibiscus and Aster, from the Flowers of the Twelve Months: October, 1670-1710, by #YunBing (#Qingyu 清於; Haoru 浩如; Chinese, Qianlong era, active late C17th–early C18th). Held by Asian Art Museum, searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/5437... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory

A delicate rectangular, portrait-mode painting against a gold background of a stalk of yellow hibiscus above, with two flower blossoms, arching from the right to the left side of the page; and below, as stalk of a plant with two red flowers next to a stalk of a plant with four flowers with blue petals and yellow centers. There are two square-shaped red stamps, one over the other, in the bottom left corner of the work.

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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

All are welcome at this talk in Oxford, 14 October. A belated book launch too, so drinks and nibbles generously supported by June and Simon Li. www.hoa.ox.ac.uk/events/ming-... @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

There’s a Ladybird book for every occasion. “In 1850 there were quite a number of Football Clubs. Each club drew up its own rules at a special meeting. The rules were not the same for every club” From ‘The Story of Football’ Artist: Jack Matthew (Man City)

By the light of yellow gas lamps, a group of men with impressive sideburns sit down at a mahogany table, ready to write notes with quill pens

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Coraline Jortay 喬海霖 @qiaoj.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Lancement d'un nouveau site dédié à la littérature hongkongaise avec déjà beaucoup de beaux articles, comme cet entretien avec Eva Wong Yi autour de la parution d'un roman helvéto-suisse à vingt mains (3 auteurs hongkongais, 5 auteurs suisses, 2 traductrices) lettresdehongkong.com/2026/08/23/l...

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Dans la lessiveuse helvéto-hongkongaise…

Le 5 novembre prochain sortira aux Presses Inverses un roman unique en son genre : co-écrit par trois auteurs hongkongais et cinq autrices suisses, soit à huit mains, Lavomania aura d’abord é…

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K. Alexander 亞天恩 @thianun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

First review of my book is out! I was almost too scared to read it, but... Peter Thilly, reviewing for Journal of Chinese History, said kind and thoughtful things about my work. Grateful to see it reflected through his expert reading doi.org/10.1017/jch.... Maybe I am a real Qing historian!

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Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing. Katherine L Alexander. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2025. 261 pp. $100 (cloth), $34.95 (paper), eBook. | Journ...

Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing. Katherine L Alexander. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2025. 261 pp. 34.95 (paper), eBook.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My six monthly reminder for U.K. academic authors to make sure you’re signed up. Especially if your works are used as teaching materials.

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Interested in Asian collections in UK archives? Come to a one-day conference @thejohnrylands.bsky.social on 4 Dec! Sponsored by the National Committee for Information Resources on Asia, it includes fascinating talks and networking opportunities for only a tenner (to cover biscuits). #skystorians 🗃️

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NACIRA Conference and AGM

NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION RESOURCES ON ASIA
CONFERENCE & ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 
DECEMBER 2026

John Rylands Library, University of Manch

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Wolfson History Prize @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We're thrilled to announce the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist, showcasing six exceptional books that explore how societies navigate periods of seismic change. Congratulations to all the authors! 👏📚 bit.ly/4yCLe5T

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University of Brighton Design Archives @designarchives.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A selection of fabrics and wallpapers from the Festival of Britain exhibition, 1951, published in 'Design from the Festival', one of the many digitised resources available on our website - designarchives.brighton.ac.uk/resources/do... @designcouncil.bsky.social archive DCA/32/2/1/78

a 2-page magazine spread with colour and black and white photos of wallpapers and textiles. Patterns include florals, checks, stripes

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Roberto Figliulo @robfigliulo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In mid-October, I'll be back at my alma mater to present my research on photography and calligraphy in contemporary Chinese art at "Beyond Calligraphy". Looking forward to meeting colleagues and discussing the works of Chu Chu, Zeng Han, Wei Bi & Chen Jianfei!

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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · 29/09/2026

A Qing dynasty failson’s memoir of genteel poverty, parties and potting soil was rediscovered in a Suzhou book stall in 1874 and remains one of China’s favorite love stories. Read Jeremiah Jenne on Shen Fu's "Six Records of a Floating Life": chinabooksreview.com/2026/09/29/s...

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Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology @maacambridge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You've only got until Friday (2 October 2026) to apply for our part-time Archivist (fixed-term) role. We're looking for someone to help make the museum's archival material accessible to researchers and staff. If this could be you, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/archivi...

A shelf of old books in the museum's archive. They are numbered 9 to 17 and labels on two of the show they cover the period 29 January 1908 to 31 July 1908 and 1 August 1908 to 6 February 1909.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29/09/2026

Submissions are now invited for the Society's 2027 First Book and Early Career Article Prizes - covering monographs and articles published in 2026 bit.ly/4z45bD8 The closing date for submissions is 14 December 2026. Judging begins in early 2027 with winners announced next July #Skystorians 1/2

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Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2027: submissions now invited - RHS

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...

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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great moments in Scottish engineering history: James Watt tries to work out how his phone attaches to his selfie stick.

Statue of James Watt. In his right hand he holds a telescopic stick with a frame at the top; in his left he holds a flat object about the size of a large smartphone. He is scowling at the possibly-not-a-smartphone as if he is tempted to yeet it into the sea. On that basis, it probably _is_ a phone.

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Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz @kulturspk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Jede Sammlung mit chinesischen Objekten aus der Zeit vor 1900 kann Plündergut des „Boxerkrieges“ enthalten. Eine Auseinandersetzung damit fand bisher aber nur selten statt. Unter Leitung des Zentralarchivs erarbeiteten 7 deutsche Museen mit chinesischen Partnern einen Leitfaden zur Identifizierung:

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Neuer Leitfaden zur Identifizierung von Plündergut aus dem „Boxerkrieg“ in China

Seit 2021 haben sieben deutsche Museen unter Leitung des Zentralarchivs der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin zum „Boxerkrieg“ geforscht – nun geben die Provenienzforschenden einen Leitfaden für Museumsfac...

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BnF - Bibliothèque nationale de France @labnf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Les conférences Léopold Delisle, organisées avec le soutien du bibliophile et collectionneur Henri Schiller, offrent à un public de curieux et d’amateurs éclairés des synthèses inédites et érudites autour de l’univers du livre. Rdv les 1 et 2 octobre www.bnf.fr/fr/agenda/le...

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Monumentum @monumentum.fr · 28/09/2026

Maison Meert à #Lille, #Nord. Véritable institution lilloise, l'origine de la pâtisserie remonte à 1761. L'actuelle boutique a ét... Suite 👉 monumentum.fr/monument-historique/p…

Maison Meert à #Lille, #Nord. Véritable institution lilloise, l'origine de la pâtisserie remonte à 1761. L'actuelle boutique a ét...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00107672/lille-maison-meert

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

此生此夜不長好明月明年何處看 happy autumn moon #everynightapoem #fragment #蘇軾

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利大英 @gblee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#China #photography #1980s #Buddhism As promised here's a second series of photographs of Buddhist cave art: photographs of Buddhist statuary from Longmen which was close to Luoyang which became the capital of the Northern Wei (386–535) state. www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p...

As promised here's a second series of photographs of Buddhist cave art: photograohs of Buddhist statuary from Longmen which was close to Luoyang which became the capital of the Northern Wei (386–535) state.

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Monumentum @monumentum.fr · 27/09/2026

Vestige du pavillon de la Russie présenté à l'Exposition Universelle de 1878 à #NogentsurMarne, #ValDeMarne. Ouvrant sur la rue d... Suite 👉 monumentum.fr/monument-historique/p…

Vestige du pavillon de la Russie présenté à l'Exposition Universelle de 1878 à #NogentsurMarne, #ValDeMarne. Ouvrant sur la rue d...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa94000027/nogent-sur-marne-vestige-du-pavillon-de-la-russie-presente-a-lexposition-universelle-de-1878

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METsky 🏛️ @metsky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Terracotta fish-plate, ca. 375–360 BCE, by Bastis Painter Class: Vases Culture: Greek, South Italian, Campanian or Sicilian Medium: Terracotta www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…

Terracotta fish-plate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths @yilinwriter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

While I have your attention, anyone has thoughts on the signature and who it might be? I'm wondering if it might belong to a missionary, sinologist, or photographer with China-related ties, and how it ended up in Saskatchewan 🤔

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Japanese American National Museum @jamuseum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

JANM is proud to announce that George Takei and Brad Takei have pledged to gift their estate, currently valued at over $21 million, to the Museum. This future gift ensures that the Takeis’ passion for JANM will continue to endure for years to come. www.janm.org/press/releas...

Studio portrait of George Takei and Brad Takei.

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Book> Vincent Goossaert, Des dieux qui parlent: Subjectivités invisibles en Chine (Vues de l’esprit, 2026) www.vuesdelesprit.org/publication/...

Light orange cover of the book with the title and author

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As a regular user of the Archives of American Art's online collections in my research & teaching, painful to see the site still down. Hoping this isn't akin to catastrophic 2023 British Library cyberattack. If you're curious to learn more, take a few minutes to watch this video on the AAA's mission:

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Archives of American Art — Dig Deep (2025)

YouTube video by Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The autumn equinox is here in the northern hemisphere, meaning that the new season has officially begun. This woodblock print by Hiroshige captures the colours and feeling of autumn beautifully.

A woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige I detecting autumn leaves on a maple tree

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

John M MacKenzie, the founding editor of the Manchester University Press Studies in Inperialism series that i have the honour of co-editing, has sadly passed away. Our tributes here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09...

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Celebrating the life and contribution of John M MacKenzie - Manchester University Press

Manchester University Press remembers Professor John M. MacKenzie, founding editor of Studies in Imperialism, with tributes from colleagues reflecting on his scholarship, generosity and lasting legacy...

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North Ages @northages.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sept 23: Feast of Adomnán mac Rónáin (†704), abbot of Iona. He wrote The Life of Columba, and championed Rome’s dating of Easter. His Lex Innocentium, ‘Law of the Innocents’, protected women, children and clergy, especially during warfare. Conamail mac Faílbi succeeded him.

A section of the Lex Innocentium from Oxford, Bodleian Library, Rawlinson B. 512, an Irish vellum manuscript.

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History of Art, University of Oxford @oxfordhistoryofart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We cannot wait for the first of our History of Art Research Seminars in week 1 of Michaelmas Term 2026! 'The Ming Imperial Family in Text and Picture' 📣 @craigclunas.bsky.social 📆5pm 14 Oct 📍Oakeshott Room @lincoln.ox.ac.uk Free and open to all www.hoa.ox.ac.uk @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social

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Monumentum @monumentum.fr · 22/09/2026

Hôtel Lionel-Normant, actuellement hôtel de ville à #RomorantinLanthenay, #LoirEtCher. L'histoire de la famille Normant se confon... Suite 👉 monumentum.fr/monument-historique/p…

Hôtel Lionel-Normant, actuellement hôtel de ville à #RomorantinLanthenay, #LoirEtCher. L'histoire de la famille Normant se confon...
Suite 👉 https://monumentum.fr/monument-historique/pa00132570/romorantin-lanthenay-hotel-lionel-normant-actuellement-hotel-de-ville

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Also, thanks to @sirenma.bsky.social for pointing out our porcelain cat friend's resemblance to Salvador Dali, which now I can't unsee

Detail of a porcelain cat's head, which maybe makes him look like famed Surrealist artist Salvador Dali...?

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Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures @sainsbury-institute.org · 21/09/2026

Aurel Stein, female friends and changing worlds - online talk with Susan Whitfield (Sainsbury Institute). Tues 22 Sep 2026 18:30-20:30, for the Aurel Stein Archives and Collections Conference: Ongoing and New Research, organised by the Royal Asiatic Society. us02web.zoom.us/webi...

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

🎨 Events for Young People at Art History Festival 2026 There’s plenty to explore at this year’s Art History Festival, with events for young people spanning colour, curating, surrealism, collage, clay and film.

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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pretty sure this is just a bed (if a swanky bed)

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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

There's some incredible cat-themed art in this upcoming auction, but this dapper fellow - a cat lantern from China's Qing dynasty - has to be one of my favorites😻 www.bonhams.com/auction/3258...

A blue-and-white ceramic cat, who looks kind of like a Victorian gentleman...?

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Andrew Popp @andrewpopp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is a fantastic, engaging article. I'm so glad I made the time this morning to read it. Jane Humphries "Microhistory and Women's Time Use," advanced open access in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social

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Microhistory and Women’s Time Use*

Abstract. Gender historians have pioneered attention to ‘doing words’ to identify otherwise invisible women’s work. Searches in court records for verbs wit

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Art UK @artukdotorg.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We're sad to hear of the death of broadcaster, playwright and critic Bonnie Greer 💞 This portrait of Greer is by Maud Sulter, who was born #OnThisDay in 1960. 'Bonnie Greer' by Maud Sulter (1960–2008) © Estate of Maud Sulter. All rights reserved, 2026 DACS. 📷 National Portrait Gallery

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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's happy birthday #otd to Sir Edmund Trelawney Backhouse (1873-1944), aka "sinologist and fraudster", aka Hermit of Peking. This telegram from him in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk sums it up, really 1/3

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As I said, we're in the era of Designed in China. Taobao's City Rider Suits just won the French Design Awards. "reimagine(s) delivery workwear from the ground up, fusing precision tailoring...smart equipment and human-centered functional design into a new... www.frenchdesignaward.com/award-winnin...

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Craig Clunas @craigclunas.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It's happy birthday #otd to Sir Edmund Trelawney Backhouse (1873-1944), aka "sinologist and fraudster", aka Hermit of Peking. This telegram from him in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk sums it up, really 1/3

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 20/09/2026

In order to understand early modern science, images are no less significant than words. A new #NotesandRecords special issue examines a wide range of images, from true-to-life drawings to carefully conceived schematics: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/issue/8... #HistSci #HistSTM

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Art Masterpieces @artprinteditions.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Night Revels of Han Xizai, by Gu Hongzhong

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